Leaves
Interconnected DeFi spinouts, each driving innovation and expanding the reach of Bonsai DAO.
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Interconnected DeFi spinouts, each driving innovation and expanding the reach of Bonsai DAO.
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Every protocol within Bonsai DAO begins as a Leafβa decentralized spinout designed to create lasting innovation and strategic alignment with the broader Bonsai ecosystem. Each Leaf independently targets distinct DeFi opportunities and addresses industry challenges while contributing toward our collective vision of ecosystem growth.
Bonsai DAO acts as a decentralized venture studio, primarily supporting strategic capital allocation, guidance, and ecosystem cultivation. We strategically allocate resources to promising concepts, enabling Leaf teams to rapidly innovate and independently pursue their vision. This model combines agility, autonomy, and clear alignment with Bonsai DAOβs mission, allowing Leaves the freedom to adapt swiftly to market dynamics.
Over time, mature Leaves reinforce and enrich the Bonsai ecosystem through individually tailored mechanisms that align their growth closely with the overall success of the DAO. This structure encourages an ecosystem where early strategic support leads to collective, sustainable prosperity as Leaves evolve.
is built on Arbitrum and is offering top-tier, non-custodial yield products called , for core crypto assets like $USDC, $BTC, and $ETH. Umami aims to construct professional-grade DeFi products that cater to both retail and institutional capital, with an emphasis on crypto-native funds.
Focused on becoming a liquidity hub on Arbitrum, Umami's vaults simplify the user experience in yield farming, automating processes like hedging and managing liquidity pools and focusing on a permissionless, decentralized experience that requires minimal intervention - simply deposit and earn.
Umami acts as a foundational Leaf, playing a pivotal role within the Bonsai DAO ecosystem. It supports our operational sustainability without an immediate plan to become an independent DAO in the future.
Vendor Finance has integrated into our ecosystem as a new Leaf. This merger strengthens our platform by incorporating Vendor's expertise in non-liquidatable loans and risk management, enhancing our offerings without the immediate plan for Vendor to become an independent SubDAO.
Exit.tech is building innovative solutions to unlock liquidity from previously illiquid DeFi positions by providing a neutral marketplace for locked tokens. Initially designed around tokens such as esGMX, the platform plans expansions across multiple locked asset types and chains, including VELO on Optimism and AERO on Base.
With Exit.tech, users gain liquidity by exiting locked positions while continuing to earn rewards. In the case of esGMX, users can exit locked positions efficiently, and stakers enhance yields by staking GMX or GLP tokens to facilitate these exits. This liquidity unlocking model will be applied widely across diverse token models, from angel round vesting tokens to point-based rewards systems, cultivating broader liquidity and greater asset flexibility across DeFi ecosystems.
Exit.techβs liquidity platform helps strengthen user engagement and market participation through enhanced asset flexibility and capital efficiency.
is a loan marketplace offering fixed-term, fixed-rate, non-liquidation loans without the need for traditional oracles. The protocol has evolved through two versions: V1 launched in August 2022, and V2 followed in May 2023, bringing key optimizations for a better lending and borrowing experience.
For more details, refer to our blog post and announcement:
